Filming Outline & Location Updates

Filming Outline & Location Updates - 

Hey guys!

Last class when my group and I met we changed a little part of our storyline that we established in previous posts. The reason for why we changed the storyline was so it could be more feasible when we were filming. As we furthered our research and viewed more film openings for our genre, we realized we had to be wise about the time we had to complete the filming process. After we created our google calendar, we really saw and had it put into perspective how little time we had, so we modified our storyline slightly. Also, we have established a name for our main character, Mia! If you see in previous posts we were undecided and referred to her as “main character”. 

Here is our brainstorming paper for locations we wanted to use in our production:

Since we live in a small suburban town, this part of the brainstorming process was a bit easier. We already had some locations in mind and had actually been to them previously so we knew how it would work out to film. Since our film is supposed to be max two minutes, it was important that we roughly allocated times to each section of the film opening.

We discovered places like:

• Weston Town Center 
• Clubhouse at Weston Hills 
• Clubhouse at Isles at Weston
• Cypress Bay High Auditorium
• Houses (any of our three would equally work)
• Janey’s Dance Competition on Feb 28-30.

We would use Cypress Bay for the classroom setting we need at the first thirty seconds. Then, we decided on using the school auditorium to take advantage of the stage lights and open stage to get multiple shots. Here, Mia will perform/rehearse, then leave the auditorium (which we needed to plan out specifically because here the music would start playing that we are producing). This was all important to plan out for time and pacing.  

Here will be around one minute long: After, we will show Mia going home and incorporate clips of her daily life such as walking alone in the hallways or doing dance movements on the sidewalk walking home alone. Then we will show Mia opening the mailbox only to find it full of colleges reaching out to her. Her expressions here are important, as we will show her dumping the letters and flyers. We will show her walking in to greet her mom but find out she is not the caring type of mom from her not answering. Here we are planning on playing with the music, having it fade out as Mia takes out her headphones and as she puts them back in the music fades in. At the end of this minute, the last 30 seconds will be her changing into dance clothes, stretching, and prepping. The end of this 30 second section will be an action match to her dancing on the empty stage in Cypress Bay High School.